Healthcare Practitioners Adapt to New Challenges with Innovative Devices

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NEW YORK, July 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare systems around the world and in the United States have been under severe pressure in recent months as the global pandemic continues to spread. To help maintain the infrastructure and provide quality care to as many patients as possible, healthcare workers and facilities have had to adopt to rapid changes and new technologies. For example, remote monitoring devices, which are designed to keep track of various vital signs, are now playing a larger role in the healthcare process. Among the recent innovations in this segment, an exciting product comes from the Taiwan-founded healthcare wearable device company iWEECARE. The company recently announced that its flagship product, Temp Pal, has been in use to help combat the spread of the viral infection in hospitals and help during self-quarantine. According to a report published by MobiHealthNews, the cloud-based continuous temperature monitoring system has potential to lower the risk of infections and prevent an overwhelming of health systems. Nemaura Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: NMRD), Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: INO), Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNA), Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVAX), Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIR). 

Earlier this May, engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a remote monitoring platform for patients who have tested positive for the viral infection but are not necessarily in need of hospitalization. According to UC San Diego Health, patients who test positive for the virus but aren't in need of hospitalization are sent home to recover, with care team members calling patients daily to monitor symptoms and determine whether additional care is necessary. However, not all health systems have the resources and capacity to support such an effort. With the remote monitoring platform, that process is automated. Patients use a wearable device to continuously monitor vital signs such as heart rate and oxygen saturation levels, and also activities such as sleep levels. "We wanted to jump in and help in a real translational way," said Sujit Dey, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC San Diego, Director of the UC San Diego Center for Wireless Communications, and lead of this remote monitoring platform. "We looked to see what technology we had in our arsenal that we could repurpose to help… patients and the health care workers treating them."